.TH PREP 1
.SH NAME
prep \- prepare a text file for statistical analysis
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBprep\fR [\fIfile\fR]\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "prep infile >outfile" "Prepare \fIinfile\fR"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIPrep\fR strips off most of the troff commands from a text file and then
outputs all the words, one word per line, in the order they occur in the file.
This file can then be sorted and compared to a dictionary (as a spelling
checker), or used for statistical analyses.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR nroff (1),
.BR spell (1).
